TripAdvisor Reviews Shan Xi Hotel Jinghong

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... endless beers and western food. What I found was brand clothes stores etc, what I didn’t find was Mei Mei Café, Forest Café and the assorted Dai Style Guest Houses etc that served cold beer, banana pancakes and cheap accommodation.

... death. I discovered the best way to balance myself, like my pudgy friend ahead, was too gun it. I sped over these things as if I’d done it a million times, fearful that if I slowed too much I’d lose balance and go off one of the edges. Towards the end of the descent, I finally failed to stay on the six inch path of death, and tipped over to the left, slowly crashing into a ditch that hung over the cliff. I was traveling too slow to get hurt, but I managed to bend the ...

... pig intestines and chicken bum just by looking at it in a tasty looking dish! Jinghong people are not morning people! however in the evening everything comes to life and the streets are much more crowded. We headed towards Thailand street where we encountered another of my favourite Chinese things - a Random festival of nothing complete with inflatable arch. There was an impromptu stage for bad singing and ladies dancing in a ...

On Easter Day we flew from Kunming to Jinghong. It was Bill's Dad's first time on a plane. he is travelling with us (and slowly driving me insane despite never speaking a word to me!) Jinghong (the region capital) is charming. I love it! Here I can still find all the things I love about China: BBQ (shao kao) stalls everywhere all night long. Beer for 30p Milk tea (nai cha) stalls Available taxis ...

... topped with pointed and layered Lao-style gilt roofs. Signs were suddenly bilingual between Mandarin and the local dialect and script, Dai, which was a closer cousin to Lao or Thai than it was to any form of Chinese.

Stepping off the bus introduced us to a new travelling companion – the intense, humid heat – which beat down mercilessly on our skin as we came down the steps and into the bus station. We walked through the bus station and onto the main ...